HWV

A regular patron, who almost always asks for music, asked about the libretto for Haendel's Saul. It is missing -- but I did find that the Great Neck Library owns it. On that record, the alternate title is listed as: Saul : oratorio in three acts, HWV 53.

So, what is is HWV? The Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated as HWV) is the Catalogue of Handel's Works. Aside from the Wikipedia entry, there is (of course) a website devoted to Haendel's works.

What I was actually thinking about was BWV: Bach's works, for which there are defintions and websites.